EP4268402A1 - Agrégation de porteuses dans un réseau de communication radio - Google Patents

Agrégation de porteuses dans un réseau de communication radio

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EP4268402A1
EP4268402A1 EP20967142.9A EP20967142A EP4268402A1 EP 4268402 A1 EP4268402 A1 EP 4268402A1 EP 20967142 A EP20967142 A EP 20967142A EP 4268402 A1 EP4268402 A1 EP 4268402A1
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Mats Zachrison
Peiliang CHANG
Tao CUI
Sven Ekemark
Sofia Svedevall
Henning Wiemann
Linnea FAXEN
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L5/00—Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
    • H04L5/0001—Arrangements for dividing the transmission path
    • H04L5/0003—Two-dimensional division
    • H04L5/0005—Time-frequency
    • H04L5/0007—Time-frequency the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
    • H04L5/001—Time-frequency the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L5/00—Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
    • H04L5/003—Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path
    • H04L5/0058—Allocation criteria
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
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    • H04L5/003—Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path
    • H04L5/0058—Allocation criteria
    • H04L5/006—Quality of the received signal, e.g. BER, SNR, water filling
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L5/00—Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
    • H04L5/0091—Signaling for the administration of the divided path

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  • the present disclosure relates to a method for carrier aggregation in an access node of a radio communication network.
  • CA Carrier aggregation
  • LTE long term evolution
  • NR new radio
  • CA a user equipment
  • CC carrier components
  • a UE firstly establishes radio resource control (RRC) connection with a primary serving cell (PCell).
  • RRC radio resource control
  • PCell primary serving cell
  • SCell secondary serving cells
  • an added SCell should have not only a good radio link to the UE but also large amount of radio resources to serve the UE, i.e., the added SCell shouldn’t be heavily loaded. How to properly configure the SCells of a UE is essential in the application of CA.
  • a cell has a list of candidate SCells.
  • the cell can choose one or multiple SCells from the candidate list and configure them with the UE.
  • Different methods can be applied to select the SCells to be configured with the UE.
  • One way is to blindly select the SCells and configure them with the UE.
  • Another way is to ask the UE to make certain radio measurements and select the SCells based on the measurement results.
  • the selected SCells may not provide a coverage towards the UE so that the UE cannot be served by the selected SCell.
  • the SCell may be highly loaded and cannot serve the UE with much radio resource.
  • selected SCells that are of no or little use may prevent configuration of other SCells, due to limited UE capability for SCells, so the SCells should be selected with care.
  • UE measurements would result in throughput loss due the fact the base station needs to wait for the measurement results before it can select and configure SCells, and due to the measurement gaps needed.
  • Another disadvantage with UE measurements is the battery consumption of the UE.
  • One objective is to provide a fast, secondary cell (SCell) configuration in an access node of a radio communication network.
  • SCell secondary cell
  • a method in an access node of a radio communication network is for selecting one or more SCells for supporting communication with a user equipment (UE) by carrier aggregation (CA).
  • the one or more SCells is/are selected from a set of SCell candidates available for the access node.
  • the method comprises estimating a probability that the UE connected to a primary cell (PCell) of the access node is in coverage of an SCell in the set of SCell candidates, estimating a spectral efficiency of a link between the UE and the SCell, predicting available resources for the SCell, calculating a CA value for the SCell based on the estimated probability, the estimated spectral efficiency and the predicted available resources, performing the estimating a probability, estimating a spectral efficiency, predicting available resources, and calculating a CA value for each SCell of the set of SCell candidates, ranking the SCells of the set of SCell candidates based on their calculated CA values, and selecting one or more SCells for providing CA with the UE based on the ranking of the respective SCell in the set of SCell candidates.
  • PCell primary cell
  • SCell configuration can be provided fast and with a high throughput, since layer 3 measurements is avoided.
  • the probability may be estimated based on inter-frequency channel quality measurements for the SCell collected from one or more inactive UEs connected to the PCell.
  • the probability may be estimated based on an average of the inter-frequency channel quality measurements.
  • the spectral efficiency may be estimated based on inter-frequency channel quality measurements for the SCell collected from one or more inactive UEs connected to the PCell.
  • the spectral efficiency may be estimated based on an average of the inter-frequency channel quality measurements.
  • the available resources for the SCell may be predicted based on usage history of the SCell.
  • the method may further comprise estimating an inter-node transport link quality value between the PCell and the SCell, wherein the CA value for the SCell is further based on the estimated inter-node transport link quality value.
  • the presented method may also increase the throughput by taking load into consideration and making sure to avoid cells where the UE would not be assigned radio resources.
  • the presented method may increase the throughput further by predicting the future cell load and using cell available resources when it will be used rather than historic load data.
  • an access node of a radio communication network for selecting one or more SCells for supporting communication with a UE by CA.
  • the one or more SCells is/are selected from a set of SCell candidates available for the access node.
  • the access node comprises a processing circuitry and a computer program product storing instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, causes the access node to estimate a probability that the UE connected to a PCell of the access node is in coverage of an SCell in the set of SCell candidates, estimate a spectral efficiency of a link between the UE and the SCell, predict available resources for the SCell, calculate a CA value for the SCell based on the estimated probability, the estimated spectral efficiency and the predicted available resources, perform the estimate a probability, estimate a spectral efficiency, predict available resources, and calculate a CA value for each SCell of the set of SCell candidates, rank the SCells of the set of SCell candidates based on their calculated CA values, and to select one or more SCells for providing CA with the UE based on the ranking of the respective SCell in the set of SCell candidates.
  • a computer program of an access node of a radio communication network for selecting one or more SCells for supporting communication with a UE by CA.
  • the one or more SCells is/ are selected from a set of SCell candidates available for the access node.
  • the computer program comprises computer program code which, when run in an access node causes the access node to estimate a probability that the UE connected to a PCell of the access node is in coverage of an SCell in the set of SCell candidates, estimate a spectral efficiency of a link between the UE and the SCell, predict available resources for the SCell, calculate a CA value for the SCell based on the estimated probability, the estimated spectral efficiency and the predicted available resources, perform the estimate a probability, estimate a spectral efficiency, predict available resources, and calculate a CA value for each SCell of the set of SCell candidates, rank the SCells of the set of SCell candidates based on their calculated CA values, and to select one or more SCells for providing CA with the UE based on the ranking of the respective SCell in the set of SCell candidates.
  • a computer program product comprising a computer program and a computer readable storage means on which the computer program is stored is also presented.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating an environment wherein embodiments presented herein can be implemented
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a system wherein an embodiment is presented herein;
  • FIG. 3 is a signal flow schematically illustrating SCell configuration for the system shown in Fig. 2;
  • Figs. 4-7 are flowcharts schematically illustrating embodiments presented herein;
  • Fig. 8 is a signal flow schematically illustrating of an embodiment presented herein;
  • FIG. 9 is a flowchart schematically illustrating an embodiment presented herein;
  • Fig. 10 is a diagram schematically illustrating some components of devices presented herein.
  • Fig. 11 is a diagram schematically illustrating functional modules components of devices presented herein.
  • a data driven method for the evaluation of secondary cell (SCell) candidates in carrier aggregation (CA) is presented.
  • SCell secondary cell
  • CA carrier aggregation
  • all its SCell candidates are ranked based on an estimated SCell utility.
  • the SCell utility is estimated based on both radio measurement data and cell load data.
  • the SCell candidates that have higher utility are higher prioritized and hence more preferred to be selected for a newly connected user equipment (UE).
  • the method estimates coverage and load and includes this into a CA value which will improve the SCell selection.
  • a UE 1 is on connectivity with a base station 2.
  • the base station 2 is in turn connected to a core network 3.
  • the environment is a radio communication network 4 that is 3GPP compliant.
  • the base station 2 may be a gNB.
  • a radio communication system which comprises at least one access node and at least two carriers (cells).
  • FIG. 2 there are two access nodes 2a and 2b, wherein access node 2a is called Node 1 and access node 2b is called Node 2.
  • the system further has six cells, Cell 1-6.
  • Cell 1-3 is on Node 1
  • Cell 4-5 is on Node 2.
  • Cell 1 on Node 1 provides a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a UE 1.
  • RRC radio resource control
  • Node 1 After establishing RRC connection with the UE 1, Node 1 also assigns one or more SCells to UE 1.
  • the purpose of assigning one or more SCells to the UE is that the SCells shall support the UE with carrier aggregation connectivity.
  • Cell 1 is the primary cell, PCell, for UE 1, and Cell 1 has a list of SCell candidates, which is ⁇ Cell 2, Cell 3, Cell 4, Cell 5 and Cell 6 ⁇ in this example.
  • the signalling flow of the SCell configuration is shown in Fig. 3.
  • the UE 1 establishes an RRC connection with Cell 1 of Node 1.
  • One or more SCells are selected in processing block S160, and an SCell configuration is thereafter communicated back to the UE 1. Due to UE capabilities, Node 1 cannot in this example configure all SCells 2-6 to the UE 1.
  • the problem for the selection is which SCell candidates should be selected and assigned to the UE 1.
  • Fig. 4 shows the process of SCell selection and assigning.
  • processing block S160 a set of SCells is selected from the list of candidate SCells that the UE supports, and which maximizes the CA usability.
  • the selected set of SCells are configured in processing block S170 by sending an RRC message to the UE.
  • a method is presented which consider coverage and load in the above SCell configuration problem.
  • a CA value is calculated for all the SCell candidates for the UE.
  • the CA value of an SCell candidate is the estimated throughput this specific UE would get by using the candidate as an SCell.
  • a basic CA value could be the cell’s bandwidth, BW, since a carrier with larger BW likely would yield higher throughput.
  • the carrier might not even be in coverage of the UE, or a lot of other UEs may already be using this cell, making the effective throughput much less and the BW a poor representation.
  • SCell candidates with the same carrier configurations (i.e. similar frequency, BW, etc.), however one of them has a higher probability to be in coverage, and/ or has more available resources on average.
  • the better of the two cells can be selected and configured for the UE, based on the usability represented by the CA value.
  • SCell candidates there may be two SCell candidates with the same carrier configurations (i.e. similar frequency, BW, etc.) and same coverage probability, however these two cells may be on difference access nodes than the access node where the primary cell is.
  • the qualities of the transport links between the two candidate secondary access nodes and the primary access node could be different.
  • CA via the SCell candidate with lower transport latency and larger transport bandwidth could be more performant than the other one. Therefore, the SCell candidate with lower transport latency and larger transport bandwidth maybe selected and configured for the UE.
  • a set of SCells may be selected for the UE, and it is then not enough to find out which single cell that provides the highest throughput. For example, due to UE capabilities a UE maybe able to select only Cell 2, or Cell 3, 4 and 4. Even if cell 2 has a higher throughput, the set ⁇ 3, 4, 5 ⁇ may together provide a higher throughput. This makes the SCell selection problem complex, and with a better representation of the achievable throughput of each SCell candidate, a better estimate can be done on which set that is the best. For example, if Cell 2 alone provides higher throughput than the set ⁇ 3, 4, 5 ⁇ , but the probability of Cell 2 being in coverage is very low, and the difference in throughput is not very big, the set ⁇ 3, 4, 5 ⁇ might be preferred.
  • a key step in the presented SCell configuration solution is to evaluate each SCell candidates’ CA value to the UE.
  • a process of estimating all candidates’ CA value is shown in Fig. 5. In this process, it is checked in processing block S145 is all SCell candidates have been evaluated. If all SCell candidates have been evaluated the process is stopped. Otherwise, an un-evaluated candidate is selected in processing block S95. An estimate of the probability that the UE is covered by the candidate subject to certain coverage criteria is then made in processing block S100. Then the spectral efficiency of the radio link between the UE and the candidate is evaluated in processing block S110. Following that, the amount of available radio resources of the candidates is predicted in processing block S120. In the end, with the above predicted coverage probability, spectral efficiency and the amount of available resource, the candidate’s CA value is estimated in processing block S140.
  • the CA value estimation process can be UE-blind or UE-specific.
  • no information of the UE is used to estimate the coverage probability and the link spectral efficiency. These two metrics are estimated as the average values of the coverage probability and link spectral efficiency for all UEs with the current cell used as PCell, meaning that a cell level estimation is made.
  • the UE’s specific information such as UE’s mobility history or UE’s radio link quality with the PCell, is further used to estimate the coverage probability and link spectral efficiency.
  • the CA value estimation process is conducted when a new UE gets RRC connected, while for the UE-blind solution, the CA value estimation can be less frequent and may follow certain period.
  • the process may e.g. be executed when a new prediction of cell resource is made.
  • the selection of the set of SCells based on the CA value estimation is always UE-specific and done for example when a new UE gets RRC connected.
  • the estimation of coverage probability and the link spectral efficiency of an SCell candidate may be achieved with the help of RRC-connected but inactive UEs.
  • Cell 1 asks the RRC-connected but inactive UEs to conduct inter-frequency measurements on its SCell candidates. These UEs conduct such measurements and report the measured reference signals received power (RSRP) and reference signal received quality (RSRQ). With the reported RSRP and RSRQ, cell 1 calculates the probability that a UE which gets RRC connection with Cell 1 will be covered by the corresponding SCell candidate and calculate the average spectral link efficiency between a UE which gets RRC connection with Cell 1 and the corresponding SCell candidate.
  • RSRP reference signals received power
  • RSRQ reference signal received quality
  • an inactive UE RRC connected with the PCell of the access node is selected.
  • the selected UE is configured to conduct inter-frequency measurements for one or more SCell candidates.
  • the UE performs the configured measurements.
  • the UE reports the result of the measurements.
  • the coverage probability and link spectral efficiency for the SCells for which the reported measurements are received is determined.
  • the above estimation of coverage probability and link spectral efficiency is UE-blind, meaning that the estimations are made using data from a set of UEs, and then used for all the UEs that get RRC connected with the same PCell.
  • the estimations maybe improved by considering UE specific information. For example, the UE’s mobility history and link quality with the PCell maybe used to infer the link quality between the UE and the SCell candidate.
  • a machine learning model may be developed to forecast the amount of available bandwidth on an SCell candidate.
  • the resource usage history of the SCell candidate may be used as input to the prediction model.
  • the output of the model may be the amount of the cells’ available resources in a future time window.
  • the prediction model may be a linear model, a decision tree model, a random forest model or a neural network model. Given a model structure, the model’s coefficients are fitted with labelled training data. Once fitted, the trained model can be used to predict the SCell candidate’s available resource amount in the upcoming time window.
  • the timeframe for a predicted load may be several hours, when the prediction is used to determine offered long term capacity, but may also be as short as the next minute when used for instant SCell assignments.
  • an access node does not have information about the load on other access nodes, or more explicitly, no information on load for cells managed by other access nodes.
  • a process to make resource amount prediction is illustrated in Fig. 7.
  • a first processing block S300 is to prepare the model’s input attributes.
  • the model input attributes may be, including but not limited to, the following data: number of active users in a cell; number of scheduling events in a cell; number of time fragments where data has been scheduled; usage of physical resource block (PRB) resources in a cell; usage of control channel resources for a cell; Day of week; time interval of day; short average of utilized resources; and long average of utilized resources.
  • PRB physical resource block
  • the CA value of an SCell candidate is a metric used to prioritize the SCell candidates of a PCell when this PCell tries to configure SCells for its connected UEs.
  • the CA value of an SCell candidate is a metric to measure the UE throughput gain from the considered SCell candidate.
  • the UE throughput gain from an SCell candidate depends on multiple factors, such as how is the radio link quality between the SCell candidate and the UE, how much bandwidth is available on the SCell candidate, how is the transport condition between the node of the PCell and the node of the SCell candidate if the SCell candidate is on another node than the PCell. Considering all these factors, multiple variants of SCell candidate CA value may be defined.
  • the usability of an SCell candidate may be defined as the coverage probability, which is the probability that a UE on the PCell is covered by the SCell candidate.
  • the usability of an SCell candidate may be defined as a joint function of the coverage probability of the SCell candidate and the amount of available bandwidth on the SCell candidate.
  • the usability of SCell candidate may be defined as a joint function of the coverage probability of the SCell candidate, the amount of available bandwidth on the SCell candidate and the spectral efficiency of the link between the UE and the SCell candidates.
  • the throughput gain via CA also depends on the bandwidth and latency of transport link between the node of the PCell and the node of the SCell candidate.
  • the impact of inter-node transport link quality can be modelled as a discount factor T.
  • T is equal to o if there is no transport connection between the two nodes and it is equal to i if the PCell and the SCell candidate are on the same node. The better the transport link quality is, the larger T is.
  • the usability of SCell candidate from an external node than the PCell node may be defined as a joint function of the coverage probability of the SCell candidate, the amount of available resources on the SCell candidate, the spectral efficiency of the link between the UE and the SCell candidates, and the transport link quality between the PCell node and SCell candidate node.
  • the presented method is execution location agnostic, meaning it can be executed in individual access nodes or more centralized in a traffic management node. With centralized execution further synergy advantages can be reached, but the method itself is fully self-contained for execution on individual network nodes.
  • the PCell and SCell candidate reside in the same network node, and all the data should be in place for proper SCell candidate selection.
  • the PCell and SCell candidate reside in two different network nodes, and the data samples or the prediction result have to be communicated to the node hosting the PCell in order to enable usability-based selection of the SCell.
  • the usability-based selection of SCell candidates reside in an external control node, to which the data used in the process needs to be communicated.
  • a generic signalling flow is outlined between three entities in Fig. 8.
  • the three involved parties, SCell 5, PCell 6 and controlling node 7, may be located in the same physical or virtual entity, or they can be independently distributed in the radio communication network. The optimal distribution is to have three separate entities, but other embodiments are possible.
  • Cell coverage data and cell load data is signalled from the SCell 5 and PCell 6, respectively, to the controlling node 7.
  • An SCell selection S160 is made in the controlling node 7 based on received cell coverage data and cell load data, and SCell configuration information is thereafter sent from the controlling node 7 to the SCell 5 and PCell 6, respectively.
  • an embodiment of a method in an access node of a radio communication network is presented with reference to Fig. 9.
  • the method is for selecting one or more SCells for supporting communication with a UE by CA.
  • the one or more SCells is/are selected from a set of SCell candidates available for the access node.
  • a probability that the UE connected to a PCell of the access node is in coverage of an SCell in the set of SCell candidates is estimated.
  • a spectral efficiency of a link between the UE and the SCell is estimated.
  • available resources for the SCell is predicted.
  • an inter-node transport link quality value between the PCell and the SCell is estimated.
  • a CA value for the SCell is calculated based on the estimated probability, the estimated spectral efficiency and the predicted available resources.
  • the CA value for the SCell may further be based on the estimated inter-node transport link quality value.
  • processing blocks S100, S110, S120, optionally S130, and S140 are performed for each SCell of the set of SCell candidates.
  • processing block S150 the SCells of the set of SCell candidates are ranked based on their calculated CA values.
  • one or more SCells is selected for providing CA with the UE based on the ranking of the respective SCell in the set of SCell candidates.
  • the probability may be estimated based on inter-frequency channel quality measurements for the SCell collected from one or more inactive UEs connected to the PCell.
  • the probability may be estimated based on an average of the inter-frequency channel quality measurements.
  • the spectral efficiency may be estimated based on inter-frequency channel quality measurements for the SCell collected from one or more inactive UEs connected to the PCell.
  • the spectral efficiency may be estimated based on an average of the inter-frequency channel quality measurements.
  • the available resources for the SCell may be predicted based on usage history of the SCell.
  • an embodiment of an access node 2 of a radio communication network is presented with reference to Fig. 10.
  • the access node 2 is for selecting one or more SCells, for supporting communication with a UE by CA.
  • the one or more SCells is/ are selected from a set of SCell candidates available for the access node 2.
  • the access node 2 comprises a processing circuitry 10 and a computer program product 12, 13 storing instructions 14, 15.
  • the instructions when executed by the processing circuitry 10, causes the access node 2 to estimate a probability that the UE connected to a primary cell, PCell, of the access node is in coverage of an SCell in the set of SCell candidates, estimate a spectral efficiency of a link between the UE and the SCell, predict available resources for the SCell, calculate a CA value for the SCell based on the estimated probability, the estimated spectral efficiency and the predicted available resources, perform the estimate a probability, estimate a spectral efficiency, predict available resources, and calculate a CA value for each SCell of the set of SCell candidates, rank the SCells of the set of SCell candidates based on their calculated CA values, and to select one or more SCells for providing CA with the UE based on the ranking of the respective SCell in the set of SCell candidates.
  • the probability may be estimated based on inter-frequency channel quality measurements for the SCell collected from one or more inactive UEs connected to the PCell.
  • the probability may be estimated based on an average of the inter -frequency channel quality measurements.
  • the spectral efficiency may be estimated based on inter-frequency channel quality measurements for the SCell collected from one or more inactive UEs connected to the PCell.
  • the spectral efficiency may be estimated based on an average of the inter-frequency channel quality measurements.
  • the available resources for the SCell may be predicted based on usage history of the SCell.
  • the access node may further be caused to estimate an inter-node transport link quality value between the PCell and the SCell, wherein the CA value for the SCell is further based on the estimated inter-node transport link quality value.
  • Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram showing some components of the access node 2.
  • the processing circuitry 10 maybe provided using any combination of one or more of a suitable central processing unit, CPU, multiprocessing circuitry, microcontroller, digital signal processing circuitry, DSP, application specific integrated circuit etc., capable of executing software instructions of a computer program 14 stored in a memory.
  • the memory can thus be considered to be or form part of the computer program product 12.
  • the processing circuitry 10 maybe configured to execute methods described herein with reference to Figs. 4-7 and 9.
  • the memory may be any combination of read and write memory, RAM, and read only memory, ROM.
  • the memory may also comprise persistent storage, which, for example, can be any single one or combination of magnetic memory, optical memory, solid state memory or even remotely mounted memory.
  • a second computer program product 13 in the form of a data memory may also be provided, e.g. for reading and/or storing data during execution of software instructions in the processing circuitry 10.
  • the data memory can be any combination of read and write memory, RAM, and read only memory, ROM, and may also comprise persistent storage, which, for example, can be any single one or combination of magnetic memory, optical memory, solid state memory or even remotely mounted memory.
  • the data memory may e.g. hold other software instructions 15, to improve functionality for the access node 2.
  • the access node 2 may further comprise an input/ output (I/O) interface 11 including e.g. a user interface.
  • the access node 2 may further comprise a receiver configured to receive signalling from other nodes, and a transmitter configured to transmit signalling to other nodes (not illustrated).
  • Other components of the access node 2 are omitted in order not to obscure the concepts presented herein.
  • Fig. 11 is a schematic diagram showing functional blocks of the access node 2.
  • the modules maybe implemented as only software instructions such as a computer program executing in the cache server or only hardware, such as application specific integrated circuits, field programmable gate arrays, discrete logical components, transceivers, etc. or as a combination thereof. In an alternative embodiment, some of the functional blocks maybe implemented by software and other by hardware.
  • the modules correspond to the process blocks in the method illustrated in Figs. 4-7 and 9, comprising a determination manager unit 20, and a communication manger unit 21.
  • modules are implemented by a computer program, it shall be understood that these modules do not necessarily correspond to process modules, but can be written as instructions according to a programming language in which they would be implemented, since some programming languages do not typically contain process modules.
  • the determination manager 20 is for selecting one or more SCells, for supporting communication with a UE by CA.
  • This module corresponds to the processing blocks S100-S160 of Figs. 4-7 and 9.
  • This module can e.g. be implemented by the processing circuitry 10 of Fig. 10, when running the computer program.
  • the communication manager 21 is for supporting communication between entities in the radio communication network.
  • This module can e.g. be implemented by the processing circuitry 10 of Fig. 10, when running the computer program.
  • an embodiment of a computer program of an access node of a radio communication network is presented.
  • the computer program is for selecting one or more SCells for supporting communication with a UE by CA.
  • the one or more SCells is/ are selected from a set of SCell candidates available for the access node.
  • the computer program comprises computer program code which, when run in an access node 2 causes the access node to estimate a probability that the UE connected to a primary cell, PCell, of the access node is in coverage of an SCell in the set of SCell candidates, estimate a spectral efficiency of a link between the UE and the SCell, predict available resources for the SCell, calculate a CA value for the SCell based on the estimated probability, the estimated spectral efficiency and the predicted available resources, perform the estimate a probability, estimate a spectral efficiency, predict available resources, and calculate a CA value for each SCell of the set of SCell candidates, rank the SCells of the set of SCell candidates based on their calculated CA values, and to select one or more SCells for providing CA with the UE based on the ranking of the respective SCell in the set of SCell candidates.
  • a computer program product comprising a computer program and a computer readable storage means on which the computer program is stored is also presented.

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L'invention concerne un procédé dans un nœud d'accès d'un réseau de communication radio pour sélectionner une ou plusieurs cellules secondaires, SCells. Les SCells sont destinées à prendre en charge la communication avec un équipement utilisateur, UE, par agrégation de porteuses, CA. La ou les SCells sont sélectionnées parmi un ensemble de SCells candidates disponibles pour le nœud d'accès. Le procédé comprend l'estimation (S100) d'une probabilité que l'UE connecté à une cellule primaire, PCell, du nœud d'accès soit dans la couverture d'une SCell dans l'ensemble de SCells candidates, l'estimation (S110) d'une efficacité spectrale d'une liaison entre l'UE et la SCell, la prédiction (S120) de ressources disponibles pour la SCell, le calcul (S140) d'une valeur de CA pour la SCell sur la base de la probabilité estimée, de l'efficacité spectrale estimée et des ressources disponibles prédites, la réalisation (S145) de l'estimation d'une probabilité, de l'estimation d'une efficacité spectrale, de la prédiction de ressources disponibles et du calcul d'une valeur de CA pour chaque SCell de l'ensemble de SCells candidates, le classement (S150) des SCells de l'ensemble de SCells candidates sur la base de leurs valeurs de CA calculées, et la sélection (S160) d'une ou plusieurs SCells pour fournir la CA à l'UE sur la base du classement de la SCell respective dans l'ensemble de SCells candidates. L'invention concerne également un nœud d'accès, un programme d'ordinateur et un produit programme d'ordinateur.
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